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BIBLE THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY
THE POWER IS GOD'S“An¢
Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I an
come unto thee; have I now an)
power at all to say anything? Th
word that God putteth in my mouth
that «hall I speak.” Nu. 23:28,
Savannah had the lawyers and the
ceunty commissioners last week in
their fll:xie meetings. That's a fine
advertising stunt for the opening of
the season at Tybee,
" When thege little cotton fields we
have around here get a little further
on, M 2 want these June raing to
slacken. ‘We've got to fight boll
weevils—the battle is on now.
' Valdosta has lost one of its best citi
zens in the death of Mayor Peebleg
which occurred last woek, Crorgia
can ill afiord to part with such men
as this. Ilis gcing has thrown Val
dosta into deep mourning, for he was
a big-hearted, progressive man who
cared about the welfare of his com
munity. His death wy,il cause deep
sorrow wherever he was known.
" The Baltimore newspaper men who
put themselves in contempt of court
taking pictures in the court room
when they were ordered not to do
80 by the court, had a strange idea
of the freedom of the press. This
iy one time when tha court will win
out. The freedom of the press wasn't
assailed in the refusal to allew photos
of a trial in progress taken while
court was in session.
Cerdelians may not have gotten
the drift of the migument in that
edict of the Women's (ivie Club with
regard to cleaning up the alles—but
there was an edict. The women in
that chlih went after the last thing
it will take to make Cordele mnrol
beautiful than it has been since it
was horn some forty years ago. It
has more newly painted houses, pret
ty flower and rose gardens than it
has ever had. It is getting more and
more of these every day. When the
alleys ‘are cleaned up and made more
sightly, the job will he more nearly
a complete one.
Be up and doitx, Old Cottoner. The
fellow who says there is no sense in
figchting the weevils doesn't Know
what he is talking about. Get after
the old weevils ncw and keep them
out of the youny cotton. You know
how to do the job. Get that poison
into the buds of the young cotton so
that the old weevil will got it and die.
Destroy him and there can be ng¢
prevalence of the weevil. Take no
chances. Keep that cotton acreage
free from weevils. Begin early and
stay with it. That's the only safe
course. Please do not listen at the
man who argues that it isn't neces
sary. You'll never see that kind of
fellow with an assured cotton crop
He may get by in rare good seasons,
but he is a “gor:> skeeter” when the
seasons arc against him.
THAT JUDGESHIP FIGHT
Call it what one may, but it i
simply good sense to fight for the
ropublican we think will fill the place
in the new federal district in Georgin
23 judge so long as we know that the
republican leaders in Washington ave
not going to give ug a good demo
crat if they can avoid it. Whether
we want to or nat, we have to con
cede thig as a republican administra
tion. Whether we want to or not,
we also have to acknowledge that the
tistrict was created for the brother of
he republican floor 12ader in the low
' house,
This last feature is worth fighting,
Lois warming up a good fight and
mght to do so, Joseph Tilson has
wen out of the practice of law for
cang angd is not qualified, We can
Ike the word of our Georgia senat
s for it—they know, It isn't denied,
“he federal judgship ought not to
nrave been held for any such man,
Hut it is even yet in that undesirable
light, 'We can reach that conclu
don very easily when we know' there
re republicans within the new dis
riet qualified to fill the place credit
*hly. This information must have
wen carrizq to the department of
natice and to the preegident, Wcl
lare say it hag been in the hands of
‘he department a long time, J
Here in Georgia ther2 are hopes of
putting in a democrat. We would be
wappy, of course, should such a thing
we posgible, but it is naw very re
note. We cannot help thinking that
here would” be more possibility of
sattingz a competent republican in
ieorgia—within the district. |
We would have no way of excuslng:
the selection of Tilson for judge. The
‘epublican party leaders would hnve}
10wy of explaining out of it, Andl
.0 one need doubt that therz would
we a time for explanationg, ’l‘llurm.‘
{ we have the ‘right information,
vould every day he served, make it
aecessary for somebody to apologize.
‘espite the power of the Connecticut
loor leader of the house, there isn't
v ghadciar of good sense in naming
hig man,
But the place might be filled with
credit on all gides if the party in pow
or turned to Judge Boatright of Cor
lele or Charles Akerman of Macon.
fhese men have earned party re
vards in politics. Their loyalty and
pen and above hoard political activ
ties have held them above the lower
avels, They are good lawyers. The
‘ordele man would carry with him a
legree of judicial temperament at
which no highminded republican, if
‘here are any left, could comp!ain,
haries Akerman is as competent a
student of the law as there is in
teorgia, regardles; of parcty lines.
Judge Boatright iz likavise a lawyer
of scholarly attainment. There may
“e others qualificd, but we happen
o know these two are worthy of con
dideration.
If tha democratic party (were in
sower, we should not look for the
ppointment of a republican to fill
itis place. As the republicans are in
yower, we are not looking for them to
solect a democerat, despite the fact
hat w'> hope all the time that a dem
werat will be named. Nor do we op
aose Tilson that the chances for con
idering Judge Boatright or Charlie
\kerman may be stronger. It isn't
qecessary to fight in that manner.
fhese two men are so much’ more,
(nalified for the place that in all sin
ority, aside from all else, we must
peak of them. The republicans need
ot go out of the naa district for a
udge—a judge deserving the reward
‘1 honor and one who will fill the
Jace with all credit to the party and
he profession they have chosen.
WiLL HOLDER PAVE ROADS
»John Holder says Georgia will h:n'o‘
dxty-six millions with which to lnlil(l]
permanent roads in the next ~m
cears., We are willing to take him
it his word about the amount. We
10 not think it would pay him to
werstate it. What he says about this
‘s most likely trua. ;
But are we going to get permanent
vighways with it—are we going to
build paved roads with that money?
it we knew that, we would be quite
vell pleased about Georgia's future
ermanent highway program. All
teorgia would he very well pleased—
atistied to go on and pave with that.
It is enough. It is just as John Hold
v gays about it—enough to keep us
Jusy if wmi> spend it judiciously.
But it cannot be wasted on soft
surface upkeep and then do the pav
‘ng we need. It cannot go for road
machinery and salaries for employes
yut on the highways to drag sand up
‘or the next rain to wash away. Sum
mer rainz are too frequent for that
sort of business, Georgias highway
department s throwirz more than
five million dollars a year into that
sort of waste. And we may fairly
call it waste, because it is that, every
bit of it, John Holdzr can stop that
in ten days time. He can throw all
of the soft surface upkeep back on
the counties at a dollar a year and
get the soft gurface upkeep taken
care of, The countics will cooporate
mith him in that work for a period of
time he will need to pave., He iny
has to ask for it. That's the price
he will have to pay. Why does he
keep on turning over five millions
into that sort of waste each year-—
and into the machinery used in thet
work? Why doesn’'t somz of h';
friends tell him about it? Why can.
not we save that for paving?
John Holder is charged now and
then with uzing the state highways to
make himself governor—to control
the office and name the an, either
himself or the man he wants for the
job. That brings a charge of patched
paving and politics. Time ig passing.
I John Holder woulg do away with
the soft surface upkeep expense and
£0 to paving, who would care about
the politics? Georgians want paved
highways., It doesn’'t take much ih
vestigation to find that the peoplei
are far more interested in the paving
than they are in politics. One or two‘
real, honest-to-goodness movements in|
that dh:w:tion will please Georgians.
Not many p'ebplo would care about
the politles if they could have the
paving. They would go with John
Holder on the claim that there ig
enough money for paving, if he would
put the money in paving. We belizve
it canr besdone. We are willing to
try it. We believe all Georgia is will
ing—but we (yant the paving. It can
not be had out of the money Mr.
Holder says we will get each year
unless the money is spent for paving.
The real question now is, will John
Holder pave the roads with the money |
he says i 3 coming in? Are we toi
expect that, or shall we contniuz lo}
hear of politics—patched paving and
politics? ' |
WHERE ARE THE BOYS? |
Savannah Morning News: |
Commencement times have their
lessons for the old folk — fer the com
munity, for the state. For example
the gradul‘-‘rn lists, in far too many
places showing a great prepondci
ance of girls over boys completing
their school work, has its serious les
gon. The disproportion is entirely too
great in many palces, indeed in most
places. The Bamberg Herald the oth
er day asked: “Why Is This?” and
says:
Last Thursday evening tweive
voung ladies of Bamberg re-
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THE CORDELE DISPATCH
ceived state high sgchool dip
lomas at the Bamberg high
school graduating exerciscs;
three young men reccived simi
lar diplomas.
We again rise to inquire why
it is that every vear in Bambery
as well as elsewhere in South
Carolima—the number of high
school graduates is preponder-:
ant-y composed of girls, What
becomes of the boys who start
out' in the lower grades of all
our schools? We note inat the
first and sccond grades are al
ways composed of about an
equal number of girls and boys;
the higher the grades the less
boys are included, until the
eleventh grade is reached, when
the number almost diminishes
entirely.
This is a malier which ghoull
demand the carcful concern of
our parents. The state, the coun
ty and the school district pro
vide thousands of dollars to af
ford the young people—hoys as
well as girls—a free high school
education, and yct our boys are
not going to " school—nothing
like in the proportion of our
girls,
In many cases the same thinz does
not happen: there are many high
gchools in which the boys and girls
graduating are aboul egually di
vided—and according to te popula
ticn figures, that is about right. But
in some South Georgia communities
this seazon there have been classe:
of filteen girls to one lone boy grad
uating. The boys were {aken out, of
school keecause the parents thought
they had to use them at work——on
the farm or in the other places of ac
tivity.
This is not giving the boys a fair
deal! |
GENERAIL ORDERS: RE
CHEWING GUM
From the New York World:
We are gratified to nete the thor
ough manner in which our naval of
ficers have given their attention to
the subject of chewing gum. Their
researchers began in 1911.
At that time Rear Admiral William
R. Fullman, then a captain, wrote a
letter to the secretary of the navy
in which he directed attention to the
numerous charges against seamen for
chewing in quarters, and recom--|
mended that the sale of gum as mas
terially contributory to : their de
linquency, be prohibited in ship can
teens. As a result of this state paper
salc was prohibited. Tt staved pro--
hibited until the other day, when or
the motion of the Burcau ¢f Acronav
ties ‘it was resumedd. It appeass th
the researches which bave been in
progress :cinec 1941 ¢ indicate that
chewing gui is helpful Lo aviators in
flight. There wcre other reasons
supplied by chewing cum manufac
‘turers, which have not bcen disclosed
but for or part we are sure (they
were good reasons, since the current
action was approved by the Burcau
of Medicine and Surgery and the of-.
fice of naval operations.
Now it may be objected that as a
result of these various orders the
general chewing gum situation stands
juzt as it ctood prior to the year
1911; in other words, that our prog
ress, if any, is not visible to the
naked eye. And it may be objected
that chewing gum is an odd gort or}
thing to provoke much thought in‘
sea-dogs, But to these objections we
‘make this reply: So long as sea-dogs
gpend their time thinking about
chewing gum they have no time to
think up ways to make the taxpayer
spend more money for battleships
and it is an ill wind that does notl
blow up zume cloud with a silver
lining, |
Opium is the general medicine
taken for all illnesses by Persians. |
When you think of your needs in
the line of merchandise, such that is"’
carried in a general dry goods store,
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You will find quality high and price
low. -
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PITTSBURGH PLANS BIG
TEMPERANCE RALLY
PITTSBURGH, Pa., June 7—(®)
—Pittsburgh 4s to have its greatest
temperance field day, Sunday
October 1% when 107 churches of
this district will join in demonstra--
tion intended to further the candi
dacy of William B. Wilson, demo
cratic candidate for United States
gonator, against William 8. Vare, re
publican, '
Plans for the demongtration were
announced by Davis E. Cruen, su
perintendent of the Pittsburgh dis--
trict of the Anti-Saloon league which
is sponsoring the event.
Among the prominent men who
will speak are: Senator William E.
Borah, of Idaha, who recently issued
a statement calling for striet enforce
ment of prohibition; Joseph Dan
icls, secretary of the navy under
MONDAY, JUNE 7, 1026,
President Wilson; former Congress
man Richmond H. Hobson, of Ala
bama, and Senator Frank E. Willis.
of Ohio. 4
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